Shingles Poems - Poems about Shingles

it is never a great day to have pink eye or shingles or hives Every time I get these maladies it is an unhappy reminder that today will not be a great day...

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There's a tv commercial with a metaphor, that some of us may have heard before, "shingles doesn't care". If one rolls the virus dice rsv and covid aren't very nice but "shingles doesn't care." Competitive bugs that are honing in on you, like pneumococcal pneumonia too, but "shingles doesn't care." In between any tv show that's on the air these pharmaceutical commercials loudly blare, our...

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Shingles is something I live with daily Chosen for me by whom? I have no idea. I doubt it is my choice, as it is painful. My skin is tender; shingles is red, raw, sore, and rough. This disease is something I try to forget about every day. I can push it back into the farthest corners of my brain. If I...

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Serpigo, roseola, German measles, flu. Shingles, chicken pox, pandemic Corona boo hoo. Chilling fever, chest pains, aches all the way through. Muscle fatigue, slap cheek, and mumps poking you. I feel pretty great today. How about you?...

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Second shingles shot successful... slight prick, but otherwise... positive pitch re: without a hitch the first innoculation approximately five months prior also nary glitch. Preemptive needling measure regarding getting fully immunized at CVS (Zieglerville, Pennsylvania)13:08 military time May First 2020 bruised left arm update status report regarding preventive measure well worth suspenseful interlude preliminary delay imposed wait while pharmacist at aforementioned Consumer Value Store (common everyday Joe) bided time to cogitate proactive...

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shingles hitting someone hard in sheer pain needing relief and respite gruesome reality lacking strength energy annihilated sorrowful amount of pain...

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The scratching wakes me up Ridiculously unsatisfying Yet notoriously put there by shingles Or excruciatingly painful allergen. A scream for help Time is in my way Sorry I sid not sneak my Excedrin pm into hospital Morphine is not cutting it. Each time more insistent On a more potent drug...

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Poems are coming slowfully. For I am most woefully And truly most woefully In the hospital doe-fully Itching my skin until bleeding More potent pills I am pleading Poems are decidedly misleading Me out of this stupor I’ll be needing...

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Dandelions are in short supply the news station warned us. If you have not had your immunizations it might be too late. There is a limited supply since people started to eliminate dandelions from their yards. A wise group of millennials figured out that dandelion oil is a fast cure for some cancers, shingles, and ALS. The doctors vaccinated the...

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If plastic surgery was free And painless And available And fast What would I have done? Can they do eyes? Mine have floaters. Can they create teeth? Many of mine are missing. Can they do left hips? Mine has shingles. Can they operate on you when you have oozing open sores? Can I make an appointment please? For a new hip? It has been almost four weeks. Surely...

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Shall I curl up my legs? Would that be a more comfortable position? Shall I leave them straight out? Or will they go numb? Should I lie on my left side or my right side? As long as I do not sit on my bottom, things are okay. Sitting on my oozing sores, is excruciating. Painful. Too bad all of my...

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I have decided to take back my power. To retain my position as CEO of my health. I no longer believe in shingles. They have no power here. For I am not acknowledging them in any way after tonight. I have been paying too much attention to them, letting them win. As CEO I have now banished them in the name...

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I know this will get better because I cannot fathom it feeling any worse although my eighty-eight year old mother put bleach on her shingles. That was probably worse....

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Do not be honest in emergency rooms. When they ask about your pain on a scale of one to ten, do not say "one, ten, one ten, one TEN!" They average this to 5 and send you home. My girlfriend the nurse taught me. If you want any relief you have to say your pain is at least a seven. It was no...

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My pain level is an eight on a scale of one to ten. Poor you, someone says. Someone who has no idea That I have been running on pain levels of ten for three weeks. An eight is terrific; great, something to strive for tomorrow. Shingles has taken me hostage, inside my own house. My body is her host, my...

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